Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 64: Daśaratha Gives up his Life in Remembrance of Lord RāmaText 2.64.64
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 64: Daśaratha Gives up his Life in Remembrance of Lord Rāma
Text 2.64.64
एतन्मेऽसदृशं देवि यन्मया राघवे कृतम्।
सदृशं तत्तु तस्यैव यदनेन कृतं मयि॥
etan me ’sadṛśaṁ devi yan mayā rāghave kṛtam
sadṛśaṁ tat tu tasyaiva yad anena kṛtam mayi
etat1 me = on my part; asadṛśam = was improper; devi = O queen; yat = what; mayā = I; rāghave = to Rāghava; kṛtam = did; sadṛśam tat = was proper; tu = but; tasya eva = on His part; yat = what; anena = He; kṛtam = did; mayi = to me.
O queen, what I did to Rāghava was improper on my part. But what He did to me was proper on His part.1